diff --git a/plugins/extensions/animationrenderer/DlgAnimationRenderer.cpp b/plugins/extensions/animationrenderer/DlgAnimationRenderer.cpp
index 00c5b2c4d3..1485c6b345 100644
--- a/plugins/extensions/animationrenderer/DlgAnimationRenderer.cpp
+++ b/plugins/extensions/animationrenderer/DlgAnimationRenderer.cpp
@@ -1,420 +1,426 @@
 /*
  *  Copyright (c) 2016 Boudewijn Rempt <boud@valdyas.org>
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  *  (at your option) any later version.
  *
  *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  *  GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
 #include "DlgAnimationRenderer.h"
 
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 #include <QPluginLoader>
 #include <QJsonObject>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QProcess>
 
 #include <klocalizedstring.h>
 #include <kpluginfactory.h>
 
 #include <KoResourcePaths.h>
 #include <kis_properties_configuration.h>
 #include <kis_debug.h>
 #include <KisMimeDatabase.h>
 #include <KoJsonTrader.h>
 #include <KisImportExportFilter.h>
 #include <kis_image.h>
 #include <kis_image_animation_interface.h>
 #include <kis_time_range.h>
 #include <KisImportExportManager.h>
 #include <kis_config_widget.h>
 #include <KisDocument.h>
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
 #include <KisImportExportFilter.h>
 #include <kis_config.h>
 #include <kis_file_name_requester.h>
 #include <KisDocument.h>
 #include <KoDialog.h>
 
 DlgAnimationRenderer::DlgAnimationRenderer(KisDocument *doc, QWidget *parent)
     : KoDialog(parent)
     , m_image(doc->image())
     , m_defaultFileName(QFileInfo(doc->url().toLocalFile()).completeBaseName())
 {
     KisConfig cfg;
 
     setCaption(i18n("Render Animation"));
     setButtons(Ok | Cancel);
     setDefaultButton(Ok);
 
     m_page = new WdgAnimaterionRenderer(this);
     m_page->layout()->setMargin(0);
     m_page->dirRequester->setMode(KoFileDialog::OpenDirectory);
     QString lastLocation = cfg.readEntry<QString>("AnimationRenderer/last_sequence_export_location", QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::PicturesLocation));
     m_page->dirRequester->setFileName(lastLocation);
 
     m_page->intStart->setMinimum(doc->image()->animationInterface()->fullClipRange().start());
     m_page->intStart->setMaximum(doc->image()->animationInterface()->fullClipRange().end());
     m_page->intStart->setValue(doc->image()->animationInterface()->playbackRange().start());
 
     m_page->intEnd->setMinimum(doc->image()->animationInterface()->fullClipRange().start());
     m_page->intEnd->setMaximum(doc->image()->animationInterface()->fullClipRange().end());
     m_page->intEnd->setValue(doc->image()->animationInterface()->playbackRange().end());
 
+    QFileInfo audioFileInfo(doc->image()->animationInterface()->audioChannelFileName());
+    const bool hasAudio = audioFileInfo.exists();
+    m_page->chkIncludeAudio->setEnabled(hasAudio);
+    m_page->chkIncludeAudio->setChecked(hasAudio && !doc->image()->animationInterface()->isAudioMuted());
+
     QStringList mimes = KisImportExportManager::mimeFilter(KisImportExportManager::Export);
     mimes.sort();
     Q_FOREACH(const QString &mime, mimes) {
         QString description = KisMimeDatabase::descriptionForMimeType(mime);
         if (description.isEmpty()) {
             description = mime;
         }
         m_page->cmbMimetype->addItem(description, mime);
         if (mime == "image/png") {
             m_page->cmbMimetype->setCurrentIndex(m_page->cmbMimetype->count() - 1);
         }
 
     }
 
     setMainWidget(m_page);
     resize(m_page->sizeHint());
 
     KoJsonTrader trader;
     QList<QPluginLoader *>list = trader.query("Krita/AnimationExporter", "");
     Q_FOREACH(QPluginLoader *loader, list) {
         QJsonObject json = loader->metaData().value("MetaData").toObject();
         QStringList mimetypes = json.value("X-KDE-Export").toString().split(",");
         Q_FOREACH(const QString &mime, mimetypes) {
 
             KLibFactory *factory = qobject_cast<KLibFactory *>(loader->instance());
             if (!factory) {
                 warnUI << loader->errorString();
                 continue;
             }
 
             QObject* obj = factory->create<KisImportExportFilter>(0);
             if (!obj || !obj->inherits("KisImportExportFilter")) {
                 delete obj;
                 continue;
             }
 
             QSharedPointer<KisImportExportFilter>filter(static_cast<KisImportExportFilter*>(obj));
             if (!filter) {
                 delete obj;
                 continue;
             }
 
             m_renderFilters.append(filter);
 
             QString description = KisMimeDatabase::descriptionForMimeType(mime);
             if (description.isEmpty()) {
                 description = mime;
             }
             m_page->cmbRenderType->addItem(description, mime);
 
         }
     }
     m_page->videoFilename->setMode(KoFileDialog::SaveFile);
     m_page->videoFilename->setStartDir(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::PicturesLocation));
 
     qDeleteAll(list);
 
     connect(m_page->grpRender, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), this, SLOT(toggleSequenceType(bool)));
     connect(m_page->bnExportOptions, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(sequenceMimeTypeSelected()));
     connect(m_page->bnRenderOptions, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(selectRenderOptions()));
 
     m_page->ffmpegLocation->setFileName(findFFMpeg());
     m_page->ffmpegLocation->setMode(KoFileDialog::OpenFile);
     connect(m_page->ffmpegLocation, SIGNAL(fileSelected(QString)), this, SLOT(ffmpegLocationChanged(QString)));
 
     m_page->grpRender->setChecked(cfg.readEntry<bool>("AnimationRenderer/render_animation", false));
     m_page->chkDeleteSequence->setChecked(cfg.readEntry<bool>("AnimationRenderer/delete_sequence", false));
     m_page->cmbRenderType->setCurrentIndex(cfg.readEntry<int>("AnimationRenderer/render_type", 0));
     connect(m_page->cmbRenderType, SIGNAL(currentIndexChanged(int)), this, SLOT(selectRenderType(int)));
 }
 
 DlgAnimationRenderer::~DlgAnimationRenderer()
 {
     KisConfig cfg;
     cfg.writeEntry<bool>("AnimationRenderer/render_animation", m_page->grpRender->isChecked());
     cfg.writeEntry<QString>("AnimationRenderer/last_sequence_export_location", m_page->dirRequester->fileName());
     cfg.writeEntry<int>("AnimationRenderer/render_type", m_page->cmbRenderType->currentIndex());
     cfg.writeEntry<bool>("AnimationRenderer/delete_sequence", m_page->chkDeleteSequence->isChecked());
     cfg.setCustomFFMpegPath(m_page->ffmpegLocation->fileName());
 
     if (m_encoderConfigWidget)  {
         m_encoderConfigWidget->setParent(0);
         m_encoderConfigWidget->deleteLater();
     }
     if (m_frameExportConfigWidget) {
         m_frameExportConfigWidget->setParent(0);
         m_frameExportConfigWidget->deleteLater();
     }
 
     delete m_page;
 
 }
 
 KisPropertiesConfigurationSP DlgAnimationRenderer::getSequenceConfiguration() const
 {
     KisPropertiesConfigurationSP cfg = new KisPropertiesConfiguration();
     cfg->setProperty("basename", m_page->txtBasename->text());
     cfg->setProperty("directory", m_page->dirRequester->fileName());
     cfg->setProperty("first_frame", m_page->intStart->value());
     cfg->setProperty("last_frame", m_page->intEnd->value());
     cfg->setProperty("sequence_start", m_page->sequenceStart->value());
     cfg->setProperty("mimetype", m_page->cmbMimetype->currentData().toString());
     return cfg;
 }
 
 void DlgAnimationRenderer::setSequenceConfiguration(KisPropertiesConfigurationSP cfg)
 {
     m_page->txtBasename->setText(cfg->getString("basename", "frame"));
     m_page->dirRequester->setFileName(cfg->getString("directory", QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::PicturesLocation)));
     m_page->intStart->setValue(cfg->getInt("first_frame", m_image->animationInterface()->playbackRange().start()));
     m_page->intEnd->setValue(cfg->getInt("last_frame", m_image->animationInterface()->playbackRange().end()));
     m_page->sequenceStart->setValue(cfg->getInt("sequence_start", m_image->animationInterface()->playbackRange().start()));
     QString mimetype = cfg->getString("mimetype");
     for (int i = 0; i < m_page->cmbMimetype->count(); ++i) {
         if (m_page->cmbMimetype->itemData(i).toString() == mimetype) {
             m_page->cmbMimetype->setCurrentIndex(i);
             break;
         }
     }
 }
 
 KisPropertiesConfigurationSP DlgAnimationRenderer::getFrameExportConfiguration() const
 {
     if (m_frameExportConfigWidget) {
         KisPropertiesConfigurationSP cfg = m_frameExportConfigWidget->configuration();
         cfg->setProperty("basename", m_page->txtBasename->text());
         cfg->setProperty("directory", m_page->dirRequester->fileName());
         cfg->setProperty("first_frame", m_page->intStart->value());
         cfg->setProperty("last_frame", m_page->intEnd->value());
         cfg->setProperty("sequence_start", m_page->sequenceStart->value());
         cfg->setProperty("ffmpeg_path", m_page->ffmpegLocation->fileName());
 
         return m_frameExportConfigWidget->configuration();
     }
     return 0;
 }
 
 bool DlgAnimationRenderer::renderToVideo() const
 {
     return m_page->grpRender->isChecked();
 }
 
 KisPropertiesConfigurationSP DlgAnimationRenderer::getVideoConfiguration() const
 {
     if (!m_page->grpRender->isChecked()) {
         return 0;
     }
     KisPropertiesConfigurationSP cfg = new KisPropertiesConfiguration();
     QString filename = m_page->videoFilename->fileName();
     if (QFileInfo(filename).completeSuffix().isEmpty()) {
         QString mimetype = m_page->cmbRenderType->itemData(m_page->cmbRenderType->currentIndex()).toString();
         filename += "." + KisMimeDatabase::suffixesForMimeType(mimetype).first();
     }
     cfg->setProperty("filename", filename);
     cfg->setProperty("delete_sequence", m_page->chkDeleteSequence->isChecked());
     cfg->setProperty("first_frame", m_page->intStart->value());
     cfg->setProperty("last_frame", m_page->intEnd->value());
     cfg->setProperty("sequence_start", m_page->sequenceStart->value());
     return cfg;
 }
 
 void DlgAnimationRenderer::setVideoConfiguration(KisPropertiesConfigurationSP /*cfg*/)
 {
 }
 
 KisPropertiesConfigurationSP DlgAnimationRenderer::getEncoderConfiguration() const
 {
     if (!m_page->grpRender->isChecked()) {
         return 0;
     }
     KisPropertiesConfigurationSP cfg = new KisPropertiesConfiguration();
     if (m_encoderConfigWidget) {
         cfg = m_encoderConfigWidget->configuration();
     }
     cfg->setProperty("mimetype", m_page->cmbRenderType->currentData().toString());
     cfg->setProperty("directory", m_page->dirRequester->fileName());
     cfg->setProperty("first_frame", m_page->intStart->value());
     cfg->setProperty("last_frame", m_page->intEnd->value());
     cfg->setProperty("sequence_start", m_page->sequenceStart->value());
+    cfg->setProperty("include_audio", m_page->chkIncludeAudio->isChecked());
 
     return cfg;
 }
 
 void DlgAnimationRenderer::setEncoderConfiguration(KisPropertiesConfigurationSP /*cfg*/)
 {
 
 }
 
 QSharedPointer<KisImportExportFilter> DlgAnimationRenderer::encoderFilter() const
 {
     if (m_page->cmbRenderType->currentIndex() < m_renderFilters.size()) {
         return m_renderFilters[m_page->cmbRenderType->currentIndex()];
     }
     return QSharedPointer<KisImportExportFilter>(0);
 }
 
 void DlgAnimationRenderer::selectRenderType(int index)
 {
     if (index >= m_renderFilters.size()) return;
     QString mimetype = m_page->cmbRenderType->itemData(index).toString();
 
     if (!m_page->videoFilename->fileName().isEmpty() && QFileInfo(m_page->videoFilename->fileName()).completeBaseName() != m_defaultFileName) {
         m_defaultFileName = QFileInfo(m_page->videoFilename->fileName()).completeBaseName();
     }
     m_page->videoFilename->setMimeTypeFilters(QStringList() << mimetype, mimetype);
     m_page->videoFilename->setFileName(m_defaultFileName + "." + KisMimeDatabase::suffixesForMimeType(mimetype).first());
 }
 
 void DlgAnimationRenderer::selectRenderOptions()
 {
     int index = m_page->cmbRenderType->currentIndex();
 
     if (m_encoderConfigWidget) {
         m_encoderConfigWidget->deleteLater();
         m_encoderConfigWidget = 0;
     }
 
     if (index >= m_renderFilters.size()) return;
 
     QSharedPointer<KisImportExportFilter> filter = m_renderFilters[index];
     QString mimetype = m_page->cmbRenderType->itemData(index).toString();
     if (filter) {
         m_encoderConfigWidget = filter->createConfigurationWidget(0, KisDocument::nativeFormatMimeType(), mimetype.toLatin1());
         if (m_encoderConfigWidget) {
             m_encoderConfigWidget->setConfiguration(filter->lastSavedConfiguration("", mimetype.toLatin1()));
             KoDialog dlg(this);
             dlg.setMainWidget(m_encoderConfigWidget);
             dlg.setButtons(KoDialog::Ok | KoDialog::Cancel);
             if (!dlg.exec()) {
                 m_encoderConfigWidget->setConfiguration(filter->lastSavedConfiguration());
             }
             dlg.setMainWidget(0);
             m_encoderConfigWidget->hide();
             m_encoderConfigWidget->setParent(0);
         }
     }
     else {
         m_encoderConfigWidget = 0;
     }
 
 }
 
 void DlgAnimationRenderer::toggleSequenceType(bool toggle)
 {
     m_page->cmbMimetype->setEnabled(!toggle);
     for (int i = 0; i < m_page->cmbMimetype->count(); ++i) {
         if (m_page->cmbMimetype->itemData(i).toString() == "image/png") {
             m_page->cmbMimetype->setCurrentIndex(i);
             break;
         }
     }
 }
 
 void DlgAnimationRenderer::sequenceMimeTypeSelected()
 {
     int index = m_page->cmbMimetype->currentIndex();
 
     if (m_frameExportConfigWidget) {
         m_frameExportConfigWidget->deleteLater();
         m_frameExportConfigWidget = 0;
     }
 
     QString mimetype = m_page->cmbMimetype->itemData(index).toString();
     QSharedPointer<KisImportExportFilter> filter(KisImportExportManager::filterForMimeType(mimetype, KisImportExportManager::Export));
     if (filter) {
         m_frameExportConfigWidget = filter->createConfigurationWidget(0, KisDocument::nativeFormatMimeType(), mimetype.toLatin1());
         if (m_frameExportConfigWidget) {
             m_frameExportConfigWidget->setConfiguration(filter->lastSavedConfiguration("", mimetype.toLatin1()));
             KoDialog dlg(this);
             dlg.setMainWidget(m_frameExportConfigWidget);
             dlg.setButtons(KoDialog::Ok | KoDialog::Cancel);
             if (!dlg.exec()) {
                 m_frameExportConfigWidget->setConfiguration(filter->lastSavedConfiguration());
             }
             m_frameExportConfigWidget->hide();
             m_frameExportConfigWidget->setParent(0);
             dlg.setMainWidget(0);
         }
     }
 }
 
 void DlgAnimationRenderer::ffmpegLocationChanged(const QString &s)
 {
     KisConfig cfg;
     cfg.setCustomFFMpegPath(s);
 }
 
 void DlgAnimationRenderer::slotButtonClicked(int button)
 {
     if (button == KoDialog::Ok && m_page->grpRender->isChecked()) {
         QString ffmpeg = m_page->ffmpegLocation->fileName();
         if (m_page->videoFilename->fileName().isEmpty()) {
             QMessageBox::warning(this, i18nc("@title:window", "Krita"), i18n("Please enter a file name to render to."));
             return;
         }
         else if (ffmpeg.isEmpty()) {
             QMessageBox::warning(this, i18nc("@title:window", "Krita"), i18n("The location of FFmpeg is unknown. Please install FFmpeg first: Krita cannot render animations without FFmpeg. (<a href=\"https://www.ffmpeg.org\">www.ffmpeg.org</a>)"));
             return;
         }
         else {
             QFileInfo fi(ffmpeg);
             if (!fi.exists()) {
                 QMessageBox::warning(this, i18nc("@title:window", "Krita"), i18n("The location of FFmpeg is invalid. Please select the correct location of the FFmpeg executable on your system."));
                 return;
             }
         }
     }
     KoDialog::slotButtonClicked(button);
 }
 
 QString DlgAnimationRenderer::findFFMpeg()
 {
     QString result;
 
     QStringList proposedPaths;
 
     QString customPath = KisConfig().customFFMpegPath();
     proposedPaths << customPath;
     proposedPaths << customPath + QDir::separator() + "ffmpeg";
 
     proposedPaths << QDir::homePath() + "/bin/ffmpeg";
     proposedPaths << "/usr/bin/ffmpeg";
     proposedPaths << "/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg";
     proposedPaths << KoResourcePaths::getApplicationRoot() +
         QDir::separator() + "bin" + QDir::separator() + "ffmpeg";
 
     Q_FOREACH (const QString &path, proposedPaths) {
         if (path.isEmpty()) continue;
 
         QProcess testProcess;
         testProcess.start(path, QStringList() << "-version");
         testProcess.waitForFinished(1000);
 
         const bool successfulStart =
             testProcess.state() == QProcess::NotRunning &&
             testProcess.error() == QProcess::UnknownError;
 
         if (successfulStart) {
             result = path;
             break;
         }
     }
 
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/extensions/animationrenderer/wdg_animationrenderer.ui b/plugins/extensions/animationrenderer/wdg_animationrenderer.ui
index f60044edc7..4364bdf2dc 100644
--- a/plugins/extensions/animationrenderer/wdg_animationrenderer.ui
+++ b/plugins/extensions/animationrenderer/wdg_animationrenderer.ui
@@ -1,282 +1,289 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>WdgAnimaterionRenderer</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="WdgAnimaterionRenderer">
   <property name="geometry">
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>444</width>
     <height>443</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>AnimationRenderer Image</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
    <item row="0" column="0">
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox">
      <property name="title">
       <string>Image Sequence</string>
      </property>
      <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout">
       <item row="0" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
         <property name="text">
          <string>Base name:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="0" column="1">
        <widget class="QLineEdit" name="txtBasename">
         <property name="text">
          <string>frame</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="1" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_8">
         <property name="text">
          <string>Fi&amp;le format:</string>
         </property>
         <property name="buddy">
          <cstring>label_8</cstring>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="1" column="1">
        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
         <item>
          <widget class="QComboBox" name="cmbMimetype">
           <property name="sizePolicy">
            <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
             <horstretch>2</horstretch>
             <verstretch>0</verstretch>
            </sizepolicy>
           </property>
           <property name="toolTip">
            <string>Select the file format for the image sequence. If you want to render to video or animated gif, you can only select PNG</string>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
         <item>
          <widget class="QToolButton" name="bnExportOptions">
           <property name="toolTip">
            <string>Select the frame export options</string>
           </property>
           <property name="text">
            <string>...</string>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
       <item row="2" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
         <property name="text">
          <string>Render location:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="2" column="1">
        <widget class="KisFileNameRequester" name="dirRequester" native="true">
         <property name="sizePolicy">
          <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
           <horstretch>1</horstretch>
           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
          </sizepolicy>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="3" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
         <property name="text">
          <string>First frame:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="3" column="1">
        <widget class="QSpinBox" name="intStart">
         <property name="sizePolicy">
          <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
           <horstretch>1</horstretch>
           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
          </sizepolicy>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="4" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_4">
         <property name="text">
          <string>Last frame:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="4" column="1">
        <widget class="QSpinBox" name="intEnd">
         <property name="sizePolicy">
          <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
           <horstretch>1</horstretch>
           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
          </sizepolicy>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="5" column="0" colspan="2">
        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
         <item>
          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_5">
           <property name="text">
            <string>Naming sequence starts with:</string>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
         <item>
          <widget class="QSpinBox" name="sequenceStart">
           <property name="sizePolicy">
            <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
             <horstretch>1</horstretch>
             <verstretch>0</verstretch>
            </sizepolicy>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
       <item row="6" column="0" colspan="2">
        <spacer name="verticalSpacer_2">
         <property name="orientation">
          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
         </property>
         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
          <size>
           <width>20</width>
           <height>40</height>
          </size>
         </property>
        </spacer>
       </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="1" column="0">
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="grpRender">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
       <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>1</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
      <property name="title">
       <string>Render</string>
      </property>
      <property name="checkable">
       <bool>true</bool>
      </property>
      <property name="checked">
       <bool>false</bool>
      </property>
      <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout_2">
       <item row="0" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_6">
         <property name="text">
          <string>Render as:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="0" column="1">
        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
         <item>
          <widget class="QComboBox" name="cmbRenderType"/>
         </item>
         <item>
          <widget class="QToolButton" name="bnRenderOptions">
           <property name="toolTip">
            <string>Select the ffmpeg render options.</string>
           </property>
           <property name="text">
            <string>...</string>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
       <item row="1" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_7">
         <property name="text">
          <string>File:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="1" column="1">
        <widget class="KisFileNameRequester" name="videoFilename" native="true">
         <property name="sizePolicy">
          <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
           <horstretch>1</horstretch>
           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
          </sizepolicy>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="2" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_9">
         <property name="text">
          <string>FF&amp;Mpeg: </string>
         </property>
         <property name="buddy">
          <cstring>ffmpegLocation</cstring>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="2" column="1">
        <widget class="KisFileNameRequester" name="ffmpegLocation" native="true"/>
       </item>
-      <item row="3" column="0" colspan="2">
+      <item row="4" column="0" colspan="2">
        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="chkDeleteSequence">
         <property name="text">
          <string>Delete Sequence After Rendering</string>
         </property>
         <property name="checked">
          <bool>true</bool>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="4" column="0">
+      <item row="5" column="0">
        <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
         <property name="orientation">
          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
         </property>
         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
          <size>
           <width>20</width>
           <height>40</height>
          </size>
         </property>
        </spacer>
       </item>
+      <item row="3" column="0">
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="chkIncludeAudio">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Include Audio</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
    <class>KisFileNameRequester</class>
    <extends>QWidget</extends>
    <header>kis_file_name_requester.h</header>
    <container>1</container>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <tabstops>
   <tabstop>txtBasename</tabstop>
   <tabstop>cmbMimetype</tabstop>
   <tabstop>intStart</tabstop>
   <tabstop>intEnd</tabstop>
   <tabstop>sequenceStart</tabstop>
   <tabstop>grpRender</tabstop>
   <tabstop>cmbRenderType</tabstop>
   <tabstop>chkDeleteSequence</tabstop>
  </tabstops>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>
diff --git a/plugins/impex/video/video_saver.cpp b/plugins/impex/video/video_saver.cpp
index 737ac224bb..13671bb6e0 100644
--- a/plugins/impex/video/video_saver.cpp
+++ b/plugins/impex/video/video_saver.cpp
@@ -1,320 +1,329 @@
 /*
  *  Copyright (c) 2016 Dmitry Kazakov <dimula73@gmail.com>
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  *  (at your option) any later version.
  *
  *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  *  GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
  * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
 #include "video_saver.h"
 
 #include <QDebug>
 
 #include <QFileInfo>
 
 #include <KisDocument.h>
 #include <KoColorSpace.h>
 #include <KoColorSpaceRegistry.h>
 #include <KoColorModelStandardIds.h>
 #include <KoResourcePaths.h>
 
 
 #include <kis_image.h>
 #include <kis_image_animation_interface.h>
 #include <kis_time_range.h>
 
 #include "kis_config.h"
 #include "kis_animation_exporter.h"
 
 #include <QFileSystemWatcher>
 #include <QProcess>
 #include <QProgressDialog>
 #include <QEventLoop>
 #include <QTemporaryFile>
 #include <QTemporaryDir>
 #include <QTime>
 
 #include "KisPart.h"
 
 class KisFFMpegProgressWatcher : public QObject {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     KisFFMpegProgressWatcher(QFile &progressFile, int totalFrames)
         : m_progressFile(progressFile),
           m_totalFrames(totalFrames)
         {
             connect(&m_progressWatcher, SIGNAL(fileChanged(QString)), SLOT(slotFileChanged()));
 
 
             m_progressWatcher.addPath(m_progressFile.fileName());
         }
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void slotFileChanged() {
         int currentFrame = -1;
         bool isEnded = false;
 
         while(!m_progressFile.atEnd()) {
             QString line = QString(m_progressFile.readLine()).remove(QChar('\n'));
             QStringList var = line.split("=");
 
             if (var[0] == "frame") {
                 currentFrame = var[1].toInt();
             } else if (var[0] == "progress") {
                 isEnded = var[1] == "end";
             }
         }
 
         if (isEnded) {
             emit sigProgressChanged(100);
             emit sigProcessingFinished();
         } else {
 
             emit sigProgressChanged(100 * currentFrame / m_totalFrames);
         }
     }
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void sigProgressChanged(int percent);
     void sigProcessingFinished();
 
 private:
     QFileSystemWatcher m_progressWatcher;
     QFile &m_progressFile;
     int m_totalFrames;
 };
 
 
 class KisFFMpegRunner
 {
 public:
     KisFFMpegRunner(const QString &ffmpegPath)
         : m_cancelled(false),
           m_ffmpegPath(ffmpegPath) {}
 public:
     KisImageBuilder_Result runFFMpeg(const QStringList &specialArgs,
                                      const QString &actionName,
                                      const QString &logPath,
                                      int totalFrames)
     {
         dbgFile << "runFFMpeg: specialArgs" << specialArgs
                 << "actionName" << actionName
                 << "logPath" << logPath
                 << "totalFrames" << totalFrames;
 
         QTemporaryFile progressFile(QDir::tempPath() + QDir::separator() + "KritaFFmpegProgress.XXXXXX");
         progressFile.open();
 
         m_process.setStandardOutputFile(logPath);
         m_process.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
         QStringList args;
         args << "-v" << "debug"
              << "-nostdin"
              << "-progress" << progressFile.fileName()
              << specialArgs;
 
         qDebug() << "\t" << m_ffmpegPath << args.join(" ");
 
         m_cancelled = false;
         m_process.start(m_ffmpegPath, args);
         return waitForFFMpegProcess(actionName, progressFile, m_process, totalFrames);
     }
 
     void cancel() {
         m_cancelled = true;
         m_process.kill();
     }
 
 private:
     KisImageBuilder_Result waitForFFMpegProcess(const QString &message,
                                                 QFile &progressFile,
                                                 QProcess &ffmpegProcess,
                                                 int totalFrames)
     {
 
         KisFFMpegProgressWatcher watcher(progressFile, totalFrames);
 
         QProgressDialog progress(message, "", 0, 0, KisPart::instance()->currentMainwindow());
         progress.setWindowModality(Qt::ApplicationModal);
         progress.setCancelButton(0);
         progress.setMinimumDuration(0);
         progress.setValue(0);
         progress.setRange(0, 100);
 
         QEventLoop loop;
         loop.connect(&watcher, SIGNAL(sigProcessingFinished()), SLOT(quit()));
         loop.connect(&ffmpegProcess, SIGNAL(finished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)), SLOT(quit()));
         loop.connect(&watcher, SIGNAL(sigProgressChanged(int)), &progress, SLOT(setValue(int)));
         loop.exec();
 
         // wait for some errorneous case
         ffmpegProcess.waitForFinished(5000);
 
         KisImageBuilder_Result retval = KisImageBuilder_RESULT_OK;
 
         if (ffmpegProcess.state() != QProcess::NotRunning) {
             // sorry...
             ffmpegProcess.kill();
             retval = KisImageBuilder_RESULT_FAILURE;
         } else if (m_cancelled) {
             retval = KisImageBuilder_RESULT_CANCEL;
         } else if (ffmpegProcess.exitCode()) {
             retval = KisImageBuilder_RESULT_FAILURE;
         }
 
         return retval;
     }
 
 private:
     QProcess m_process;
     bool m_cancelled;
     QString m_ffmpegPath;
 };
 
 
 VideoSaver::VideoSaver(KisDocument *doc, const QString &ffmpegPath, bool batchMode)
     : m_image(doc->image())
     , m_doc(doc)
     , m_batchMode(batchMode)
     , m_ffmpegPath(ffmpegPath)
     , m_runner(new KisFFMpegRunner(ffmpegPath))
 {
 }
 
 VideoSaver::~VideoSaver()
 {
 }
 
 KisImageSP VideoSaver::image()
 {
     return m_image;
 }
 
 bool VideoSaver::hasFFMpeg() const
 {
     return !m_ffmpegPath.isEmpty();
 }
 
 KisImageBuilder_Result VideoSaver::encode(const QString &filename, KisPropertiesConfigurationSP configuration)
 {
 
     qDebug() << "ffmpeg" << m_ffmpegPath << "filename" << filename << "configuration" << configuration->toXML();
 
     if (m_ffmpegPath.isEmpty()) {
         m_ffmpegPath = configuration->getString("ffmpeg_path");
         if (!QFileInfo(m_ffmpegPath).exists()) {
             return KisImageBuilder_RESULT_FAILURE;
         }
     }
 
     KisImageBuilder_Result result = KisImageBuilder_RESULT_OK;
 
     KisImageAnimationInterface *animation = m_image->animationInterface();
     const KisTimeRange fullRange = animation->fullClipRange();
-    const KisTimeRange clipRange(configuration->getInt("first_frame", fullRange.start()), configuration->getInt("last_frame", fullRange.end()));
     const int frameRate = animation->framerate();
 
+    KIS_SAFE_ASSERT_RECOVER_NOOP(configuration->hasProperty("first_frame"));
+    KIS_SAFE_ASSERT_RECOVER_NOOP(configuration->hasProperty("last_frame"));
+    KIS_SAFE_ASSERT_RECOVER_NOOP(configuration->hasProperty("include_audio"));
+
+    const KisTimeRange clipRange(configuration->getInt("first_frame", fullRange.start()), configuration->getInt("last_frame", fullRange.end()));
+    const bool includeAudio = configuration->getBool("include_audio", true);
+
     const QDir framesDir(configuration->getString("directory"));
 
     QString resultFile;
     if (QFileInfo(filename).isAbsolute()) {
         resultFile = filename;
     }
     else {
         resultFile = framesDir.absolutePath() + "/" + filename;
     }
     const QFileInfo info(resultFile);
     const QString suffix = info.suffix().toLower();
 
     const QString palettePath = framesDir.filePath("palette.png");
 
     const QString savedFilesMask = configuration->getString("savedFilesMask");
 
     const QStringList additionalOptionsList = configuration->getString("customUserOptions").split(' ', QString::SkipEmptyParts);
 
     if (suffix == "gif") {
         {
             QStringList args;
             args << "-r" << QString::number(frameRate)
                  << "-i" << savedFilesMask
                  << "-vf" << "palettegen"
                  << "-y" << palettePath;
 
             KisImageBuilder_Result result =
                 m_runner->runFFMpeg(args, i18n("Fetching palette..."),
                                     framesDir.filePath("log_generate_palette_gif.log"),
                                     clipRange.duration() + clipRange.start());
 
             if (result != KisImageBuilder_RESULT_OK) {
                 return result;
             }
         }
 
         {
             QStringList args;
             args << "-r" << QString::number(frameRate)
                  << "-i" << savedFilesMask
                  << "-i" << palettePath
                  << "-lavfi" << "[0:v][1:v] paletteuse"
                  << additionalOptionsList
                  << "-y" << resultFile;
 
             dbgFile << "savedFilesMask" << savedFilesMask << "start" << clipRange.start() << "duration" << clipRange.duration();
 
             KisImageBuilder_Result result =
                 m_runner->runFFMpeg(args, i18n("Encoding frames..."),
                                     framesDir.filePath("log_encode_gif.log"),
                                     clipRange.duration() + clipRange.start());
 
             if (result != KisImageBuilder_RESULT_OK) {
                 return result;
             }
         }
     } else {
         QStringList args;
         args << "-r" << QString::number(frameRate)
              << "-i" << savedFilesMask;
 
+
+
+
         QFileInfo audioFileInfo = animation->audioChannelFileName();
-        if (!animation->isAudioMuted() && audioFileInfo.exists()) {
+        if (includeAudio && audioFileInfo.exists()) {
             const int msecStart = clipRange.start() * 1000 / animation->framerate();
             const int msecDuration = clipRange.duration() * 1000 / animation->framerate();
 
             const QTime startTime = QTime::fromMSecsSinceStartOfDay(msecStart);
             const QTime durationTime = QTime::fromMSecsSinceStartOfDay(msecDuration);
             const QString ffmpegTimeFormat("H:m:s.zzz");
 
             args << "-ss" << startTime.toString(ffmpegTimeFormat);
             args << "-t" << durationTime.toString(ffmpegTimeFormat);
 
             args << "-i" << audioFileInfo.absoluteFilePath();
         }
 
         args << additionalOptionsList
              << "-y" << resultFile;
 
         result = m_runner->runFFMpeg(args, i18n("Encoding frames..."),
                                      framesDir.filePath("log_encode.log"),
                                      clipRange.duration() + clipRange.start());
     }
 
     return result;
 }
 
 void VideoSaver::cancel()
 {
     m_runner->cancel();
 }
 
 #include "video_saver.moc"